Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1 Introduction to Masonry
4 Masonry Accessories
4.1 Metals and Corrosion
4.2 Joint Reinforcement
4.3 Connectors
4.3.1 Ties
4.3.2 Anchors
4.4 Reinforcing Bars and Bar Positioners
4.5 Flashing Materials
4.6 Weeps
4.7 Drainage Accessories
4.8 Flashing and Drainage Systems
5 Masonry Properties
5.1 Durability and Freeze-Thaw Resistance
5.2 Fire-Resistance Characteristics
5.2.1 Fire-Resistance Ratings
5.2.2 UL Ratings
5.2.3 Steel Fireproofing
5.2.4 Compartmentation
5.3 Thermal Properties
5.3.1 Heat Capacity
5.3.2 Added Insulation
5.3.3 Granular Fills
5.3.4 Rigid Board Insulation and Insulation Inserts
5.3.5 Insulation Location
5.4 Vapor and Air Resistance
5.5 Acoustical Properties
5.5.1 Acoustical Characteristics of Masonry
5.5.2 Sound Absorption
5.5.3 Sound Transmission
5.5.4 STC Ratings
5.6 Green Buildings
5.6.1 Resource Management, Recycled Content, and
Embodied Energy
5.6.2 Construction Site Operations
5.6.3 Indoor Air Quality and Building Ecology
5.6.4 Masonry and LEED
5.7 Masonry Costs
5.7.1 Factors Affecting Cost
5.7.2 Value Engineering
14 Structural Masonry
14.1 Masonry Structures
14.1.1 Differential Movement
14.1.2 Load Distribution
14.1.3 Beams and Girders
14.1.4 Connections
14.2 Empirical Design
14.3 Analytical Design
14.3.1 Unreinforced Masonry
14.3.2 Reinforced Masonry
14.3.3 Wind and Seismic Loads
16 Specifications
16.1 Specification Guidelines
16.1.1 Mortar and Grout
16.1.2 Masonry Accessories
16.1.3 Masonry Units
16.1.4 Construction
16.1.5 Quality Control Tests
16.1.6 Sample Panels and Mock-Ups
16.2 Specifying with the MSJC Code
16.2.1 General
16.2.2 Products
16.2.3 Execution
18 Forensic Investigations
18.1 Water Leakage
18.1.1 Diagnostic Water Testing
18.1.2 Types of Water Tests
18.2 Structural Performance
18.3 Cracking
A Glossary
Index
Preface
T
his edition of Masonry Design and Detailing has been
condensed to focus primarily on brick and concrete block
masonry. Some of the less commonly used masonry materials
such as adobe, terra cotta, and structural clay tile have been
deleted, and a new section on adhered manufactured stone
masonry veneer has been added.
I have also deleted some of the lesser used information on
materials and manufacturing, fireplaces, retaining walls, and
masonry paving. This effort has been toward making the book more
concise in its coverage of the most popular and widely used
masonry systems. A good deal of additional material has been
added about water penetration resistance, and the chapters have
been reorganized in what I hope will be a more accessible format.
The book is also available in electronic format, which provides the
advantage of key word searches to locate information quickly.
T
he unwritten record of history is preserved in buildings. The
stone and brick of skeletal architectural remains date back long
before the beginning of recorded history. Every country in the
world has ancient or historic structures that survived because they
were built of masonry. Masonry buildings are extremely durable to
weathering and not easily damaged by physical forces.
Contemporary reinforced masonry also resists the extremes of
hurricane and seismic forces.
Stone is the oldest, most abundant, and perhaps the most
important raw building material, and brick is the oldest man-made
building product. Masonry construction today includes not only
quarried stone and clay brick but also a host of other materials.
Concrete block, cast stone, structural clay tile, terra cotta, glass
block, adobe, and manufactured stone are also part of masonry’s
color and texture palette. Masonry can be designed as rustic,
formal, residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, monumental,
and even palatial. Masonry remains popular with both consumers
and designers not only because of its durability but also because of
its beauty and variety.
Moisture resistance is one of the primary concerns in building
design and construction. Preventing water intrusion into buildings is
a primary focus, but so is preventing damage to the materials of the
building envelope itself.
Contemporary masonry walls are more water permeable than
traditional masonry walls because of their relative thinness.
Contemporary masonry is also more brittle because of the portland
cement that is now used in masonry mortar. As is the case with any
material or system used to form the building envelope, the
movement of moisture into and through the envelope has a
significant effect on the performance of masonry walls.
Contemporary masonry systems are designed not with the intent of
providing a barrier to water penetration but rather as drainage walls
in which penetrated moisture is collected on flashing membranes
and drained through a series of weep holes.
Materials, design, and workmanship are all important to the
performance of masonry in resisting water penetration and moisture
damage. The successful weather resistance of masonry walls
depends on several basic requirements:
• Mortar joints must be full.
• Mortar must be compatible with and well bonded to the
masonry units or stone.
• An appropriate flashing material must be selected for the
expected service life of the building.
• Flashing details must be properly designed and installed at all
necessary locations.
• Weep holes must be properly sized and spaced.
• Weep holes must be unobstructed and must provide effective
drainage.
With adequate provision for moisture drainage, masonry wall
systems provide long-term performance with little required
maintenance. The chapters that follow describe materials, design,
and workmanship with an eye toward achieving durability and
weather resistance as well as adequate structural performance in
masonry systems.
CHAPTER 2
Brick, Concrete Masonry
Units, and Stone
T
here are many different types of masonry materials, but the
most widely used in the United States are brick, concrete
block, and stone. Each has its own aesthetic, economic, and
performance characteristics that make it appropriate or desirable for
any given project. Despite their many attributes, masonry materials
are generally chosen because designers and building owners like the
way they look.
2.1 Brick
Although concrete brick, sand-lime brick, and adobe brick can be of
the same approximate size and shape as clay brick, it is usually clay
brick that comes to mind for most people when we use the term
brick. The variety of types, textures, and colors available give brick a
wide range of style and appearance options from which architects,
developers, and building owners may choose. Brick dates back to
before recorded history and carries with it a sense of quality,
durability, and permanence that appeals on many levels.
FIGURE 2-1 ASTM physical requirements for brick. (Copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr
Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. Reprinted with permission.)
§
Lot size as determined by agreement between purchaser and seller. If not specified,
lot size is understood to mean all brick of one size and color in the job order.
†
Type FBS Smooth units have relatively fine texture and smooth edges, including wire
cut surfaces.
‡
Type FBS Rough units have textured, rounded, or tumbled edges or faces.
FIGURE 2-3 Brick size tolerances. (Copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive,
West Conshohocken, PA 19428. Reprinted with permission.)
Glazed brick is fired with ceramic coatings that fuse to the clay
body in the kiln and produce an impervious surface in clear or color,
matte or gloss finish. Most glazed brick is fired at high temperatures
in a single operation while firing the brick body itself. These are
covered by ASTM C1405, Standard Specification for Glazed Brick
(Single Fired, Solid Brick Units). Some color glazes such as bright
reds, yellows, and oranges must be fired at lower temperatures,
which require a two-stage process. First, the brick is fired at normal
kiln temperatures, then the glaze is applied and the units are fired
again at a lower temperature. This double-fired process significantly
increases the cost of the brick and usually limits such colors to
accents and specialty applications. Some low-fired glazes are prone
to crazing because they are not as hard as high-fired glazes.
Standards for double-fired glazed brick are covered in ASTM C126,
Standard Specification for Ceramic Glazed Structural Clay Facing
Tile, Facing Brick, and Solid Masonry Units. Durability and weather
resistance are not covered, so for exterior use, the body of the brick
should be specified to conform to the requirements for ASTM C216
face brick, Grade SW, Type FBX, with the glaze in accordance with
ASTM C126 standards.
Requirements for both ASTM C1405 and C126 glazed brick
include unit strength and durability as well as properties of the glaze
itself. Units are defined as Grade S (select) and Grade SS (select-
sized, or ground edge), where a high degree of mechanical
perfection, narrow color range, and minimum variation in size are
required. Units may be either Type I, single-faced, or Type II,
double-faced (opposite faces glazed). Type II units are generally
special-order items and are not widely used. For weathering, units
are designated as Exterior Class or Interior Class. Glazed brick may
suffer severe freeze-thaw damage in cold climates if not adequately
protected from moisture permeation. Glazed brick is not
recommended for copings or other horizontal surfaces in any
climate. Glazed brick is commonly available in several sizes and in
stretchers, jambs, corners, sills, and other supplementary shapes
(see Fig. 2-4).
The lipped lintel brick shown in Fig. 2-8 is made for use at window
and door lintels to hide the front edge of the steel angle. When used
at window or door lintels, lipped brick will not align with the mortar
bed joints to either side. Lintel brick is sometimes also used at shelf
angles, but detailing, coursing, and installation can be challenging,
especially at corners. Only manufactured lip brick should be used.
Field-cut brick is more prone to breakage because of overcutting.
The most unusual examples of customized masonry are
sculptured pieces handcrafted from the green clayware before firing.
The unburned units are firm enough to allow the artist to work freely
without damage to the brick body, but sufficiently soft for carving,
scraping, and cutting. After execution of the design, the units are
returned to the plant for firing, and the relief is permanently set in
the brick face (see Fig. 2-9).
FIGURE 2-9 Sculptured brick is carved by the artist before the brick is fired. (Photo courtesy
BIA.)
ASTM C652 covers hollow brick with core areas between 25 and
40% (Class H40V) and between 40 and 60% (Class H60V) of the
gross cross-sectional area in the bearing plane (see Fig. 2-10). The
two grades listed correspond to the same measure of durability as
that used for building brick and face brick: Grade SW and Grade
MW. The requirements for appearance Types HBX (select), HBS
(standard), and HBA (architectural) are identical to those for face
brick Types FBX, FBS, and FBA. Another fourth hollow brick type,
HBB, is for general use in walls and partitions where color and
texture are not a consideration and greater variation in size is
permissible. Typical hollow brick sizes range from 4 × 2¼ × 12 in. to
8 × 4 × 16 in.
FIGURE 2-10 ASTM C652 hollow brick. (Copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor
Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. Reprinted with permission.)
FIGURE 2-11 Relationship between bond strength and initial rate of absorption (IRA). (From T.
Ritchie and J. Davison, Cement-Lime Mortars, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada, 1964.)
I see increasing reason to believe that the view formed some time
back as to the origin of the Makonde bush is the correct one. I have
no doubt that it is not a natural product, but the result of human
occupation. Those parts of the high country where man—as a very
slight amount of practice enables the eye to perceive at once—has not
yet penetrated with axe and hoe, are still occupied by a splendid
timber forest quite able to sustain a comparison with our mixed
forests in Germany. But wherever man has once built his hut or tilled
his field, this horrible bush springs up. Every phase of this process
may be seen in the course of a couple of hours’ walk along the main
road. From the bush to right or left, one hears the sound of the axe—
not from one spot only, but from several directions at once. A few
steps further on, we can see what is taking place. The brush has been
cut down and piled up in heaps to the height of a yard or more,
between which the trunks of the large trees stand up like the last
pillars of a magnificent ruined building. These, too, present a
melancholy spectacle: the destructive Makonde have ringed them—
cut a broad strip of bark all round to ensure their dying off—and also
piled up pyramids of brush round them. Father and son, mother and
son-in-law, are chopping away perseveringly in the background—too
busy, almost, to look round at the white stranger, who usually excites
so much interest. If you pass by the same place a week later, the piles
of brushwood have disappeared and a thick layer of ashes has taken
the place of the green forest. The large trees stretch their
smouldering trunks and branches in dumb accusation to heaven—if
they have not already fallen and been more or less reduced to ashes,
perhaps only showing as a white stripe on the dark ground.
This work of destruction is carried out by the Makonde alike on the
virgin forest and on the bush which has sprung up on sites already
cultivated and deserted. In the second case they are saved the trouble
of burning the large trees, these being entirely absent in the
secondary bush.
After burning this piece of forest ground and loosening it with the
hoe, the native sows his corn and plants his vegetables. All over the
country, he goes in for bed-culture, which requires, and, in fact,
receives, the most careful attention. Weeds are nowhere tolerated in
the south of German East Africa. The crops may fail on the plains,
where droughts are frequent, but never on the plateau with its
abundant rains and heavy dews. Its fortunate inhabitants even have
the satisfaction of seeing the proud Wayao and Wamakua working
for them as labourers, driven by hunger to serve where they were
accustomed to rule.
But the light, sandy soil is soon exhausted, and would yield no
harvest the second year if cultivated twice running. This fact has
been familiar to the native for ages; consequently he provides in
time, and, while his crop is growing, prepares the next plot with axe
and firebrand. Next year he plants this with his various crops and
lets the first piece lie fallow. For a short time it remains waste and
desolate; then nature steps in to repair the destruction wrought by
man; a thousand new growths spring out of the exhausted soil, and
even the old stumps put forth fresh shoots. Next year the new growth
is up to one’s knees, and in a few years more it is that terrible,
impenetrable bush, which maintains its position till the black
occupier of the land has made the round of all the available sites and
come back to his starting point.
The Makonde are, body and soul, so to speak, one with this bush.
According to my Yao informants, indeed, their name means nothing
else but “bush people.” Their own tradition says that they have been
settled up here for a very long time, but to my surprise they laid great
stress on an original immigration. Their old homes were in the
south-east, near Mikindani and the mouth of the Rovuma, whence
their peaceful forefathers were driven by the continual raids of the
Sakalavas from Madagascar and the warlike Shirazis[47] of the coast,
to take refuge on the almost inaccessible plateau. I have studied
African ethnology for twenty years, but the fact that changes of
population in this apparently quiet and peaceable corner of the earth
could have been occasioned by outside enterprises taking place on
the high seas, was completely new to me. It is, no doubt, however,
correct.
The charming tribal legend of the Makonde—besides informing us
of other interesting matters—explains why they have to live in the
thickest of the bush and a long way from the edge of the plateau,
instead of making their permanent homes beside the purling brooks
and springs of the low country.
“The place where the tribe originated is Mahuta, on the southern
side of the plateau towards the Rovuma, where of old time there was
nothing but thick bush. Out of this bush came a man who never
washed himself or shaved his head, and who ate and drank but little.
He went out and made a human figure from the wood of a tree
growing in the open country, which he took home to his abode in the
bush and there set it upright. In the night this image came to life and
was a woman. The man and woman went down together to the
Rovuma to wash themselves. Here the woman gave birth to a still-
born child. They left that place and passed over the high land into the
valley of the Mbemkuru, where the woman had another child, which
was also born dead. Then they returned to the high bush country of
Mahuta, where the third child was born, which lived and grew up. In
course of time, the couple had many more children, and called
themselves Wamatanda. These were the ancestral stock of the
Makonde, also called Wamakonde,[48] i.e., aborigines. Their
forefather, the man from the bush, gave his children the command to
bury their dead upright, in memory of the mother of their race who
was cut out of wood and awoke to life when standing upright. He also
warned them against settling in the valleys and near large streams,
for sickness and death dwelt there. They were to make it a rule to
have their huts at least an hour’s walk from the nearest watering-
place; then their children would thrive and escape illness.”
The explanation of the name Makonde given by my informants is
somewhat different from that contained in the above legend, which I
extract from a little book (small, but packed with information), by
Pater Adams, entitled Lindi und sein Hinterland. Otherwise, my
results agree exactly with the statements of the legend. Washing?
Hapana—there is no such thing. Why should they do so? As it is, the
supply of water scarcely suffices for cooking and drinking; other
people do not wash, so why should the Makonde distinguish himself
by such needless eccentricity? As for shaving the head, the short,
woolly crop scarcely needs it,[49] so the second ancestral precept is
likewise easy enough to follow. Beyond this, however, there is
nothing ridiculous in the ancestor’s advice. I have obtained from
various local artists a fairly large number of figures carved in wood,
ranging from fifteen to twenty-three inches in height, and
representing women belonging to the great group of the Mavia,
Makonde, and Matambwe tribes. The carving is remarkably well
done and renders the female type with great accuracy, especially the
keloid ornamentation, to be described later on. As to the object and
meaning of their works the sculptors either could or (more probably)
would tell me nothing, and I was forced to content myself with the
scanty information vouchsafed by one man, who said that the figures
were merely intended to represent the nembo—the artificial
deformations of pelele, ear-discs, and keloids. The legend recorded
by Pater Adams places these figures in a new light. They must surely
be more than mere dolls; and we may even venture to assume that
they are—though the majority of present-day Makonde are probably
unaware of the fact—representations of the tribal ancestress.
The references in the legend to the descent from Mahuta to the
Rovuma, and to a journey across the highlands into the Mbekuru
valley, undoubtedly indicate the previous history of the tribe, the
travels of the ancestral pair typifying the migrations of their
descendants. The descent to the neighbouring Rovuma valley, with
its extraordinary fertility and great abundance of game, is intelligible
at a glance—but the crossing of the Lukuledi depression, the ascent
to the Rondo Plateau and the descent to the Mbemkuru, also lie
within the bounds of probability, for all these districts have exactly
the same character as the extreme south. Now, however, comes a
point of especial interest for our bacteriological age. The primitive
Makonde did not enjoy their lives in the marshy river-valleys.
Disease raged among them, and many died. It was only after they
had returned to their original home near Mahuta, that the health
conditions of these people improved. We are very apt to think of the
African as a stupid person whose ignorance of nature is only equalled
by his fear of it, and who looks on all mishaps as caused by evil
spirits and malignant natural powers. It is much more correct to
assume in this case that the people very early learnt to distinguish
districts infested with malaria from those where it is absent.
This knowledge is crystallized in the
ancestral warning against settling in the
valleys and near the great waters, the
dwelling-places of disease and death. At the
same time, for security against the hostile
Mavia south of the Rovuma, it was enacted
that every settlement must be not less than a
certain distance from the southern edge of the
plateau. Such in fact is their mode of life at the
present day. It is not such a bad one, and
certainly they are both safer and more
comfortable than the Makua, the recent
intruders from the south, who have made USUAL METHOD OF
good their footing on the western edge of the CLOSING HUT-DOOR
plateau, extending over a fairly wide belt of
country. Neither Makua nor Makonde show in their dwellings
anything of the size and comeliness of the Yao houses in the plain,
especially at Masasi, Chingulungulu and Zuza’s. Jumbe Chauro, a
Makonde hamlet not far from Newala, on the road to Mahuta, is the
most important settlement of the tribe I have yet seen, and has fairly
spacious huts. But how slovenly is their construction compared with
the palatial residences of the elephant-hunters living in the plain.
The roofs are still more untidy than in the general run of huts during
the dry season, the walls show here and there the scanty beginnings
or the lamentable remains of the mud plastering, and the interior is a
veritable dog-kennel; dirt, dust and disorder everywhere. A few huts
only show any attempt at division into rooms, and this consists
merely of very roughly-made bamboo partitions. In one point alone
have I noticed any indication of progress—in the method of fastening
the door. Houses all over the south are secured in a simple but
ingenious manner. The door consists of a set of stout pieces of wood
or bamboo, tied with bark-string to two cross-pieces, and moving in
two grooves round one of the door-posts, so as to open inwards. If
the owner wishes to leave home, he takes two logs as thick as a man’s
upper arm and about a yard long. One of these is placed obliquely
against the middle of the door from the inside, so as to form an angle
of from 60° to 75° with the ground. He then places the second piece
horizontally across the first, pressing it downward with all his might.
It is kept in place by two strong posts planted in the ground a few
inches inside the door. This fastening is absolutely safe, but of course
cannot be applied to both doors at once, otherwise how could the
owner leave or enter his house? I have not yet succeeded in finding
out how the back door is fastened.